Reading Guide for Greek Theatre

This is just a guide, not an exhaustive outline of the readings.

• Greek view of gods



• Dionysus



• City Dionysia



• Thespis



• structural features of Greek tragedy



• Aeschylus
• Sophocles

• Euripides


• the satyr play



• structure of Greek comedy



• "happy idea"

• Aristophanes


• archon



• choregoi



• changes in number of actors



• functions of chorus



• elements of the Greek stage



• orchestra

• thymele

• parados

• seating

• skene

• deus ex machina

• periaktoi & ekyklema

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